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20-Mar-05:
BOZZA'S BACK ...
Steve Pilley reports from NSW
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Final:
Stewart Boswell bt Cameron Pilley
9/11, 11/5, 6/11, 11/3, 11/7 (75m)
 Stewart
Boswell, the former world top ten player who has been out of action
for almost two years with back problems, looks to be on the way back after
claiming the title in the Yamba Open, a PSA challenger event.
As you can understand when you are the tournament director, you don’t get
to see much of the final. However the packed grandstand witnessed an
incredible display of class squash!
 Cameron
and Stewart are best of mates and have been training every day together
since Cameron came back from TOC in New York. They are both based in
Brisbane at the AIS.
I did see a few rallies and they were awesome. Look out for these two!
Steve Pilley |
In the women's final Amelia Pittock turned in a dominant display to
beat rising star Kasey Brown 9/4, 9/1, 9/4.
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Yamba Open 2005
Yamba, New South Wales, Australia |
Round One
Mar
19 |
Quarters
Mar 19 |
Semis
Mar 20 |
Final
Mar 20 |
Cameron
Pilley 3/0
Dan Frogan |
Cameron Pilley
3/0
Nathan Turnbull |
Cameron Pilley
3/1
Steve Finitsis |
Cameron Pilley
9/11, 11/5, 6/11, 11/3, 11/7 (75m)
Stewart Boswell |
Ben Reece
Nathan Turnbull 3/2 |
Brad
Freeme 3/0
Corey Strickland |
Brad Freeme
3/0
Steve Finitsis |
Nathan
Stevenson
Steve Finitsis 3/0 |
Aaron
Frankcomb 3/0
Andrew Pringle |
Aaron Frankcomb
3/0
Danny Woolbank |
Aaron Frankcomb
3/0
Stewart Boswell |
Danny
Woolbank 3/1
Morgan Pilley |
Andrew
Budd 3/2
Luke Forster |
Andrew Budd
3/0
Stewart Boswell |
Jacob
Lohrisch
Stewart Boswell 3/0 |
Yamba Open 2005
Yamba, New South Wales, Australia |
Round One
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Quarters
Mar 19 |
Semis
Mar 20 |
Final
Mar 20 |
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Amelia Pittock
3/0
Kirsty Taylor |
Amelia Pittock
3/0
Robyn Cooper |
Amelia Pittock
9/4, 9/1, 9/4
Kasey Brown |
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Donna Urquhart
3/0
Robyn Cooper |
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Kasey Brown
3/0
Lisa Camilleri |
Kasey Brown
3/0
Melissa Martin |
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Britt-Marie Paasonen
3/0
Melissa Martin |
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14-Mar-05:
YAMBA GEARS UP FOR 2005
Steve Pilley reports from NSW
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The
2005 Yamba Open is registered as both PSA & WISPA Challenger events
and it also happens to coincide with World Squash Day.
So we will have another big weekend of squash in the beautiful seaside
town of Yamba, population of around 4,000 on the sunny north coast
of New South Wales, Australia.
Even Vicky Botwright called in to downtown Yamba last year. She was told
so much of the beauty of Yamba that she had to see for herself and even
had a game of squash whilst here.
Byron Davis, Head Coach of The Australian Institute of Sport – Squash Unit
(AIS) will be bringing eight athletes to our event. It is an event that
the AIS have supported strongly over the years. In addition to Byron,
Geoff Hunt and Rodney Martin have been strong supporters of this event.
Previous winners include Tristan Nancarrow, Brett Martin, Anthony
Ricketts, Dan Jenson and Cameron Pilley.
In the Women’s Open, Amelia Pittock, Melissa Martin,
Kasey Brown and Robyn Cooper head the seedings. In the men’s,
Cameron Pilley, Stewart Boswell, Aaron Frankcomb and
Steven Finitsis top the seedings. |
BOSWELL BACK
IN ACTION ...
Most
people would have been surprised to see a particular name in the
men, Stewart Boswell!
Stewart had his first tournament in over 18 months just two weeks
ago in Brisbane. He cruised through the rounds before he met former
world number 7, Craig Rowland in the final. He defeated Craig 11-3
11-1 11-3!
I believe he recovered OK after such a long time out of competition.
Obviously he still has some way to go but next weekend will see the
bar raised again!
There are many who doubted he could get back on the court, and there
would be a lot that would have thrown the towel in a long time ago.
It is a long haul and still relatively early stages but being one of
the real nice guys of squash, we all wish him every success in his
comeback.
Steve Pilley |
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